Barrett's oesophagus: An ideal model to study cancer genetics

Human Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-246

  di Pietro, Massimiliano ^a   Fitzgerald, Rebecca C ^a  

^a HUTCHISON MRC RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CYCLIN D1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER MODEL; CANCER RISK; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; DNA DAMAGE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FAMILIAL CANCER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DYSPLASIA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC REGULATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; METAPLASIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 69049083382     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-009-0665-2     Document Type: Review

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